Myanmar junta pardons deposed leader Suu Kyi on 5 offenses

The Myanmar military junta said Tuesday it will pardon deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five criminal offenses, reducing the 78-year-old's 33-year prison term by six years.A junta spokesman confirmed the six-year reduction. The decision is seen as amnesty amid the completion of a grand Buddha statue constructed by the junta.Since the military ousted Suu Kyi's democratically elected government in a February 2021 coup, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been detained and convicted on a total of 19 criminal charges. She has filed appeals with courts over the convictions.The junta al…READ FULL ARTICLE